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VOL. 51—N0.'109
Vinson Calls
Best Aid To
WASHINGTON,' April 3.(fF')--Chairman Virdon (D-Oa.) of the
Arnied Services committee told the House today that 'Universal Mili
tary Training is the only answer to the Russian threat ,that America
can pay for and tile Reds will heed.
Rep. Werdel (R-Calif.) promptly came back with the suggestion
that UMT is part of a Pentagon "blueprint for power, how to acquire
it and how to keep it in time of
peace." '• ,
That clash of views set the
House off on two weeks of debate
certain to be filled with similar
fireworks,' on the combined bill
to extend the draft, lower the
induction age to 18 1 / 2 years and
set up UMT when the, emergency
draft for fighting ends.
Vinson as chief sponsor 'of the
measure was 'first man on the
floor.
Penn State
To Be Draft
Test Center
Penn State will be an examin
ation center for draft deferment
aptitude tests to.be held national
ly in May and June, Selective
Service announced. yesterday.
Applications for the examin
ations will be at local draft
boards April 12, Selective Serv
ice said, and should be filled out
and mailed immediately. All
students now enrolled in college
and planning to continue their
college work will take the tests.
Penn State is. one of 57 centers
named in Pennsylvania. In the
United States and its possessions,
there will be 1000 centers. Ex
aminations are scheduled for
May 26, June 16, and June 30.
The tests are of the intelligence
quotient type and measure learn
ing ability rather than current
knowledge.
Other central Pennsylvania
centers are teachers colleges at
Bloomsburg, ' Indiana, and Lock
Haven; Bucknell university; Cen
tral High school, Harrisburg; Ly
coming college; Juniata college,
and the University of Pittsburgh
center at Johnstown.
Soccer Team
Expected Back
Thursday Night
The Penn State soccer team,
with its good will mission in Iran
completed, is expected to arrive
in Lewistown tomorrow night.
The Lions left Iran by plane
yesterday and are due to land
in New York tomorrow morning.
They will then entrain for Lewis
town.
The 17-man group will return
to State College laden with gifts
from the Iranians who received
them as^ friends of long. standing
although the Nittanies were the
first American team to play in
that country.
Coach Bill Jeffrey will bring
back a silver cup presented by
the president of the Iranian Soc
cer association and the boys will
ha v e assorted "loot" including
silver boxes received in Iran and
berets, watches, and daggers ac
quired at different points along
the trip.
Athletic Assn. To
Hold. Nominations
Nominations forpresident and
secretary of the Athletic associa
tion will be held tomorrow in
Recreation hall. The results will
be announced following the meet
ing by Homer Barr, current
president.
Nominations for the two offices
will be made by a committee con
sisting of coaches, captains, and
head managers of varsity teams.
Sixteen teams will be repre
sented.
Candidates will vie in the
April 18-19 all-College elections.
The committee will nominate
no less than two and no more
than' ive candidates for each rio
sition. The r,.0 nn e r-up for the
presidency will become the vice
president.
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PENN STATE
UMT
Defense
Vinson told the House, reduc
tion of training features would
"force on the backs of the Ameri
can people the necessity for main
taining for an indefinite period a
large, standing force which will
eventually jeopardize and pos
sibly ruin the economic stability
of this nation."
The Georgia Democrat- laid his
heaviest stress on the continuing
nature of 'the Red menace.
"For the foreseeable future and
perhaps beyond," he said, "this
nation has no• alternative but to
be ready for any form of aggres
sion that may be forced upon us."
With the training program to
build a reserve backlog, and as
suming no worsening of - world
conditions, Vinson said, it may be
possible in 24 months to cut the
armed forces back to 2,000,000
men from the present June .goal
of 3,500,000.
Debaters
To Meet
Seton Hill
College men and women de
baters are scheduled to meet Se
ton Hill debaters in two regular
non-decision debates this after
noon and tonight.
Gifford Phillips and Paul Lit
wak, men's affirmative debaters,
will meet , the Seton Hill negative
team at 4 o'clock in 4 Sparks. Ed
win Lefkowith and Jay Headly,
men's negative debaters, will
meet the Seton Hill affirmative
team at the same time in 17
Sparks.
The women's negative team, in
cluding Marian Ungar and Shir
ley Gallagher, will meet the Se
ton Hill affirmative at 7 o'clock
in 2 Sparks. The women's affir
mative team, consisting of
Yvonne Carter and Janet Horger,
will debate' the Seton Hill nega
tive at Bi3o o'clock in 2 Sparks.
Jo Ann Esterly, 'Peggy Fahrin
ger, Clair George, an d Marlin
Brenner will act as chairmen for
the debates, which are open to the
public.
Debating will be on the na
tional intercollegiate question,
"Resolved: That the non,Com
munist nations should form a new .
international organization."
Five Sophs Added
To . Ag Dean's List
Five sophomores have been
added to the School of Agricul
ture's dean's list which was an
nounced- yesterday.
The five who attained an aver
age of 2.5 or better last semester
are Ralph Mauger, - 2.77; Lawr
ence Myers Jr., 2.57; Morris
Schroeder, 2.55; Lyn Willwerth,
2.55; and Richard Wright, 2.83.
This brings the dean's list total
to 100,:. - with .12 sophomores be
ing honored. Fifty-seven seniors,
125 juniors, and 6 freshmen coin
14geted. the ilifit.• „ -
STATE COLLEGE ) PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1951
Political Parties
List Platforms
Speaks Tonight
Simmons
To Discuss
Literature
Dr. Ernest J. Simmons, head of
the department of Slavic lan
guages at Columbia university
and a member .of the senior staff
of the Russian institute, wi 11
speak tonight at 8 o'clock in 121
Sparks on "Recent Developments
in Soviet Literature."
His lecture is co-sponsored by
the Liberal Arts , lecture series and
the Simmons lecture series of the
German department.
Simmons is a member of the
joint Slavic committee of the
American Council of Learned so
cieties and the Social Science Re
search council. He also serves on
a subcommittee for the publica
tion, "Current Digest of the Sov
iet Press."
This—periodical is one of the
most complete sources of first
hand information about Russian
newspapers and magazines, ac
cording to William B.' Edgerton;
assistant professor of Russian at
the College, who was the first
Liberal Arts lecturer last month.
Simmons has travelled five
times to Russia for literary re
search. His last trip was made' in
1947 as a member of the Amer
ican Council of Learned societies.
He has written or edited eight
books on Russian literature and
culture: Among his works ate bi
ographies of Pushkin, Dostoevski,
and Tolstoy.
During World War 11, Simmons
headed an intensive course of
study on Russia at Cornell for the
Army Specialized Training pro
gram. In 1946 he Went to Colum
bia and became affiliated with
the Russian institute. He is a spe
cialist on the social and ideologi
cal developments of Russian lit
erature and the Soviet Union.
Simmons was graduated from
Harvard in 1925 and began teach
ing there. He moved to his new
'assignments at Cornell in 1941
and at Columbia five years later.
Student Floral Agency
To Accept Orders
Corsages for the IFc dance may
now be ordered through .the Stu
dent Floral agency at the postal
area in Hamilton -hall or from
agents in the Nittany dining hall.
Orders will be accepted through
tomorrow and will be delivered
Friday afternoon to the place des
ignated by the purchaser, accord
ing to Lincoln Van Sickle, man
ager of the agency. The IFC dance
will be the third dance for which
the Student Floral agency has
.opeixited,
Dr. Ernest J. Simmons
Firsthand Information
(Complete Platform Texts Page 2.$
The State and Lion parties yesterday released their campaigt
platforms for the April 18-19 all-College elections. The platforms
were released through Edwin Barnitz, chairman of the all-College
elections committee. -
A proposal to make all future assessments subject to the ap
proval of a student referendum
highlighted the seven-plank plat
form of the State party.
A. plank pledging the support
of the administration in its in
vestigation of the high cost of
textbooks featured the six-plank
platform of the Lion party. A
similar plank was also in the
State party proposals.
Both platforms were prefaced
by
the
to carry them out if
the party is victorious in the elec
tion.
TKE, DG's
Win Cups
At Sing
By MOYLAN MILLS
A large enthusiastic crowd
jammed 10 Sparks last night to
see, and hear Tau Kappa Epsilon
fraternity and Delta Gamma sor
ority win the IFC-Panhel sing.
The crowd yelled and applaud
ed wildly as NanZy George, Pan
hel president, and Harold Lein
bach, IFC president, presented
their respective groups with gold
cups. The winners will sing dur
ing the intermission of the IFC-
Panhel ball Friday night.
Leinbach said after the winners
had been announced that' this
year's sing was one of the best
ever held. James Wharton, sing
committee co-chairman, said that
next year's finals should-be held
in a larger place to accommodate
the crowd.
Delta Gamma Repeats
Delta Gamma repeated its win
of last year. Beta Theta Pi, won
for the fraternities at that time.
Other groups which competed
in the finals were Phi - Delta
Theta, Pi Kappa Alpha, and -Phi
Kappa Psi fraternities and Kappa
Alpha Theta, Alpha Xi Delta,
and Chi Omega sororities. They
were chosen at the elimination
rounds Sunday and Monday
nights.
Each fraternity again sang
"Blue and White" and a frater
nity song. The sororities sang two
sorority songs. About fifty groups
were entered in the sing.
For the: first time in sing his
tory four fraternities and four
sororities competed in the finals.
Previously, only two fraternities
and two sororities vied• for the
cups.
Judged On Points
Singing in the finals .and in
the elimination rounds were
judged on a point basis: A.•maxi
mum of 20 points was given for
tone quality, 20 points for in
tonation, .20 points for interpre
tation and phrasing, 15 points
for balance and parts, 15 points
for diction, and 10 points for gen
eral effect.
Judges for all three nights were
Elmer Wareham, Mrs. E. D. Rey
nods, Edward Gamble, Dr. Fran
cis Andrews, Dorothy Cornell,
and Barry Brinsmaid.
Marilyn Levitt was co-chair
man of the sing committee. Mem
bers of the IFC section of the
committee were Gerald Gibson
and Gordon Harrington.
190 Students Register
For Advanced ROTC
Approximately 190 students at
the College will take advanced
ROTC courses in September,
Col. Lucien Bolduc, professor of
military science and tactics, an
nounced yesterday.
The exct totals were not
available as yet. Bolduc said, but
the three groups, infantry, engin
eers, and signal corps, have based
their totals on the applications
received. The deadline for sign
ing up was March 20.
There will be about 75 in
fantrymen, 65 engineers, and 40
50 signal corpsmen.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
State Party
The State party platform called
for, in addition to the student ref
erendum and textbook proposals:
1. Investigation toward secur
ing the enactment of the plat
form.
2. Securing fair procedure for
women charged with breaking
WSGA regulations.
3. Giving the sophomore class
representation on Tribunal.
4. Re-examination of the pos
sibility of constructing sorority
houses.
5. Securing the erection of a
box for President Milton S. Eisen
hower in the student section of
Beaver field.
Lion Party
In addition•to its plank on text
books, the. Lion party called for:
1. Th e establishment of new
hat societies.
2. Provisions for laundry mail
ing facilities in women's dormi
tories an d the West dormitory
area.
3. Support of the campus radio
station.
4. A half-holiday during . Spring
week-end.
5. Improvement of the gradua
tion exercises. ,
Shanken New
Business'Head
Of Collegian
Edward Sh a n'ke n has been
named business manager of the
Daily Collegian for. the next year,
Owen. Landon, retiring business
manager, said last night.
_
Names of the new senior busi
ness board,' which will assume
its duties with the .issue of May
1, were announced last night,
Others promoted were: assis
tant business manager, Jerald
Clibanoff; national advertising
director, Howard. Boleky; local
advertising manager, Robert Ley
burn; co-circulation managers,
John Horsford and Joseph Sutov
sky; personnel manager, Carolyn
Alley; co-promotion managers,
Robert Koons and Melvin Glass;
classified advertising manager,
Laryn Sax; office manager, Te
ma Kleber; secretary, Nan Bier
man: senior board, Donald Jackel,
Dorothy Naveen, and Joan Mor
osini. • - -
Names of the new senior edi
torial board were announced Sun
day night.
The new board will undergo
a month of intensive training be
fore taking over buSiness oper
ation of the paper, Landon said.
Bernard Elected
Dr. Jessie R. Bernard, profes
sor of sociology at the College,
was elected president of the
Eastern Sociological society at
Yale university last weekend.
Dr. Bernard, a graduate of the
University of Minnesota, received
her doctor of philosophy degree
at Washington university. Her
interests have been in the fields
of family acid commurlity orgata-